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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: investigation

In Sunanda Pushkar case, court grants Tharoor permission to travel abroad

Tharoor had sought permission for eight visits to five countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, till December.

Vigilance raids in Odisha probe govt officials for undue favours to gangster

The raids are to investigate whether officials abused their official position to act in collusion with gangster Syed Usaman Ali.

Home Ministry acquires 5,000 rape investigation kits to distribute to police stations

Maneka Gandhi says these kits will be instrumental in equipping forensic labs with uncompromised evidence in rape cases.

Johann Hari’s ‘Lost Connections’ doesn’t solve all the world’s problems, but it offers a start

Hari uses his own experience of anti-depressant abuse and the discovery of a complicit system of over-prescription in the health industry to ask the one question the doctor failed to — Tell me about your life.

UP encounters: One ‘mistaken identity’, another killed after ‘raising hands in surrender’

Cities in Delhi’s neighbourhood have seen 3 encounters in the last 5 months, and locals say each of the slain gangsters was frequently visited by the police.

Police lost track of Gauri Lankesh murder suspect after Hindu Right-wing leader’s arrest

SIT says news of Hindu Yuva Sene founder’s arrest could have alerted the suspect, who had been under police surveillance for months

Friend blew juvenile’s cover in Gurugram school murder, says CBI chargesheet

The 2,500-page chargesheet submitted in court uses witnesses, fingerprints, CCTV footage and forensics to establish that the juvenile committed the murder.

Breakthrough on murder weapon, says team probing Gauri Lankesh killing

Shell casings found at the crime scene matched the illegal weapons that have been tracked by special investigation team.

Rush to commission project likely culprit in NTPC Unchahar tragedy

A series of lapses triggered by the hurry to launch the 500 MW power unit is suspected to be behind the deaths of 42 people in the 1 November accident, ThePrint finds.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.